The euro tumbled to its lowest level in almost two years as investors dumped riskier European equities amid signs that policymakers were bracing for the financial turmoil that could be unleashed by a Greek exit from the eurozone.

A Florida college student could get up to five years in federal prison for posting plans to assassinate the president on his Facebook page. [Read more]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Wednesday that Istanbul, Tokyo, and Madrid have made it on to the short list of cities bidding to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Baku and Doha were rejected for the second time in a row after failing to make the 2016 games.

In two really quite amusing ads, Siri and John Malkovich interact on something of an astral plane. [Read more]

Officials from six world powers are due to hold talks with Iranian representatives in Baghdad on Wednesday about Tehran's controversial nuclear program.

Executives at the social network are in talks with NYSE in the wake of Nasdaq's mishandling of the company's IPO last week, a source close to the matter tells Bloomberg. [Read more]